In the morning I went to see Res as she has a stray dog. The dog is lovely about 10 months old. She has been spayed and she is looking for a new home. Res already has enough dogs and can’t keep this one, so I took photos in the hope someone will offer this affectionate dog a new home.
Christa, Robin and I went to Tango to Buddha in the evening. As we arrived, Robin pulled up at the front of the restaurant and a valet opened the drivers door, asked for his keys and said he would park it, obviously his jeep was not smart enough to be left at the front door. Goodness only knows what would have happened had we travelled in my rust bucket!
We entered the restaurant and the waiters took our coats and handed us a cloakroom ticket. We had booked a table but I don’t know if this is really necessary midweek. We all started with cocktails (16tl each). They were good. I think a glass of wine is 8tl. There is an extensive drinks list and also a wine list, so we took time to choose what we wanted. We were asked three times for our drinks order and we all got a bit irritated by the waiters hanging around and not giving us time to look. A little over keen.
For the main course Christa had home- made pasta, Robin had the buffalo steak (not quite sure where they get the buffalo in North Cyprus). I chose the chicken fajita. It is a varied menu and something for everyone, vegetarian and children’s meals. My fajita’s were 18tl. We were also given a basket with a selection of bread and a small dish of dipping oil. Robin asked for his steak ‘blue’ and that was exactly how it was delivered. Following this we all had a sweet but I was dissapointed that the ‘Ginger creme brulee’ was ‘off’. This was followed by 3 Turkish coffees and I was pleased to see that they also brought water with the coffee which many restaurants don’t.
The total bill was 166tl for the three of us. The restaurant has a great ambiance. The prices are, I feel, good value for a restaurant of this quality. Our only negative was the feeling of intrusion by the many waiters. They were hovering all the time and quite frankly a bit too OTT. This is a fairly new restaurant and I guess the waiters will improve! It was a lovely evening with high quality food, both the presentation and taste. The food could not be faulted at all. Excellent! I recommend it highly.
Their telephone number is 0392 815 0701. As we discovered, you have to book in advance for Saturday evenings.
[slideshow]
